Wrecked Barcelona after the riots 1. The gutted St Gerome church, nin which were many documents of great historic value 2. The remains of hte College of Escalopios , which had a library of 80,000 volumes 3. The burnt-out Aduja church 4. The door of the church of Santa Madrona , showing the damage done to the stonework . 5. Nuns ' cells which were broken into by the mob in Los beatos convent 14 August 1909 Tragic Week (in Catalan la Setmana Tr?gica, in Spanish la Semana Tr獺gica) (25 July - 2 August 1909) is the name used for a series of bloody confrontations between the Spanish army and the working classes of Barcelona and other cities of Catalonia (Spain), backed by anarchists, socialists and republicans, during the last week of July 1909. It was caused by the calling-up of reserve troops by Prime Minister Antonio Maura to be sent as reinforcements when Spain renewed military-colonial activity in Morocco on 9 July, in what is known as the Second Rif War.